Object hanger

ABSTRACT

A hanger for hanging an object includes a flexible belt, a fastener and a ring. The fastener has a first fastening member and a second fastening member, which are respectively mounted on the flexible belt and detachably coupled with each other. The ring is sleeved onto the flexible belt and located between the first fastening member and the second fastening member. The ring defines with the flexible belt a piercing space having a width greater than a thickness of the first fastening member of the fastener and smaller than a combined thickness of the first fastening member and the second fastening member of the fastener. Thus, when the flexible belt is pulled by an external force, the first fastening member and the second fastening member can be maintained engaged with each other without separation by means of the restriction of the piercing space.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a hanger for hanging anobject, and more specifically to a hanger formed of a belt equipped witha fastener and provided with means for preventing looseness of thefastener.

2. Description of the Related Art

FIG. 1 shows a conventional hanger for suspending an object, comprisinga flexible belt 1 and a snap fastener including a male disc 2 and afemale disc 3 respectively located adjacent to two distal ends of theflexible belt 1. The flexible belt 1 has a middle part connected with abag 4 or the like. When a user would like to hang the bag 4 on an object5, the user can take one end of the flexible belt 1 to pass through theobject 5, and then couple the male disc 2 and the female disc 3 witheach other such that the bag 4 is hanged on the object 5 through theengagement of the male disc 2 and the female disc 3 of the snapfastener.

However, the bag 4 is pendent because of the attraction of the force ofgravity. If the bag 4 is too heavy, the engagement of the male disc 2and the female disc 3 of the snap fastener may not support the bag 4such that the male disc 2 and the female disc 3 will be probablydisengaged, causing the bag 4 to fall to the ground suddenly, as shownin FIG. 3. Further, the engagement of the male disc 2 and the femaledisc 3 is not firm enough to bear extreme pulling force such that themale disc 2 and the female disc 3 will be easily separated if theflexible belt 1 is pulled by an external force, resulting in that thebag 4 connected with the flexible belt 1 may drop accidentally.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been accomplished in view of the above-notedcircumstances. It is one objective of the present invention to provide ahanger for suspending an object, which is formed of a belt equipped witha fastener and provided with means for preventing looseness of thefastener.

To achieve this objective of the present invention, the hanger comprisesa flexible belt, a fastener and a ring. The fastener has a firstfastening member and a second fastening member, which are mounted on theflexible belt and detachably coupled with each other. The ring issleeved onto the flexible belt and located between the first fasteningmember and the second fastening member of the fastener. The ring anddefines with the flexible belt a piercing space having a width greaterthan a thickness of the first fastening member of the fastener andsmaller than a combined thickness of the first fastening member and thesecond fastening member of the fastener. As a result, when the flexiblebelt is pulled by an external force, the first fastening member and thesecond fastening member can be maintained engaged with each otherwithout separation by means of the restriction of the piercing space.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fastener is a snapfastener including a male disc acted as the first fastening member and afemale disc acted as the second fastening member.

Further scope of applicability of the present invention will becomeapparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, itshould be understood that the detailed description and specificexamples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, aregiven by way of illustration only, since various changes andmodifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more fully understood from thedetailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawingswhich are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitativeof the present invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger of a prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing showing that the male disc and the femaledisc of the snap fastener are engaged;

FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2 but showing that the male disc and thefemale disc of the snap fastener are separated;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hanger according to a first embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the hanger according to the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing showing that the hanger of the firstembodiment of the present invention is in use;

FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing showing that the hanger of the firstembodiment of the present invention is pulled by an external force, and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a hanger according to a secondembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIGS. 4-7, a hanger 100 in accordance with a firstembodiment of the present invention comprises a flexible belt 10, a ring20 and a fastener 30.

The flexible belt 10 is made of woven fabrics with a middle part forconnecting with a bag (not shown). The flexible belt 10 has an outersurface 11, an inner surface 12.

The fastener 30, which is embodied as but not limited to a snap fastenerin this embodiment, includes a first fastening member 31, for example amale disc of the snap fastener, and a second fastening member 32, forexample a female disc of the snap fastener. Both of the first fasteningmember 31 and the second fastening member 32 are mounted on the flexiblebelt 10 and respectively adjacent to a first end portion 13 and a secondend portion 14 of the flexible belt 10.

The ring 20 is a rectangular rigid body that is sleeved onto theflexible belt 10 and located between the first fastening member 31 andthe second fastening member 32 of the fastener 30. The first end portion13 of the flexible belt 10 is folded back and stitched on the outersurface 11 of the belt 10 in such a way that a section of therectangular ring 20 is pivotally sandwiched between the first endportion 13 and a part of the outer surface 11 of the belt 10 and theother sections of the rectangular ring 20 define with the inner surface12 of the flexible belt 10 a piercing space 21. In addition, a width ofthe piercing space 21 is greater than a thickness of the first fasteningmember 31 and/or the second fastening member 32 of the fastener 30 andsmaller than a combined thickness of the first fastening member 31 andthe second fastening member 32 of the fastener 30 when the firstfastening member 31 and the second fastening member 32 are coupled witheach other.

When the hanger 100 is in use, a user can take the first end portion 13of the flexible belt 10 to pass through an annular object 40, and thentake the second end portion 14 of the flexible belt 10 to pierce throughthe piercing space 21 formed between the ring 20 and the inner surface12 of the flexible belt 10, and subsequently couple the first fasteningmember 31 and the second fastening member 32 with each other, as shownin FIG. 6. Thus, the flexible belt 10 can be hanged on the annularobject 40 through the engagement of the first fastening member 31 andthe second fastening member 32.

By means of the aforesaid design, because the width of the piercingspace 21 is smaller than the combined thickness of the first fasteningmember 31 and the second fastening member 32, only the second endportion 14 of the flexible belt 10 on which the second fastening member32 is provided can be allowed to pass through the piercing space 21.Accordingly, when the flexible belt 10 is pulled by the force of gravityor an external force, the ring 20 will be biased and compressed againstthe outer surface 11 of the flexible belt 10, as shown in FIG. 7. Underthis circumstance, no matter how the flexible belt 10 is pulled, thefirst fastening member 31 and the second fastening member 32 can bestill securely engaged with each other unless the flexible belt 10 ispulled to break.

Referring to FIG. 8, a hanger 200 in accordance with a second embodimentof the present invention comprises a flexible belt 50, a ring 60 and afastener 70. The ring 60 is movably sleeved onto the flexible belt 50and movable between the first fastening member 71 and the secondfastening member 72 of the fastener 70. When the flexible belt 50 ispulled by external force, the ring 60 will be moved to a position nearthe first fastening member 71 and the second fastening member 72. Sincethe width of the piercing space 61 is smaller than the combinedthickness of the first fastening member 71 and the second fasteningmember 72, the ring 60 still can be compressed against the flexible belt50 to prevent the first fastening member 71 and the second fasteningmember 72 from separation.

The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same maybe varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as adeparture from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all suchmodifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intendedto be included within the scope of the following claims.

1. A hanger comprising: a flexible belt; a fastener having a firstfastening member mounted on the flexible belt and a second fasteningmember mounted on the flexible belt and detachably coupled with thefirst fastening member; and a ring sleeved onto the flexible belt andlocated between the first fastening member and the second fasteningmember of the fastener and defining with the flexible belt a piercingspace having a width greater than a thickness of the first fasteningmember of the fastener and smaller than a combined thickness of thefirst fastening member and the second fastening member of the fastener.2. The hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible belt is madeof woven fabrics.
 3. The hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ringis a rigid body.
 4. The hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ringis pivotally mounted on the flexible belt.
 5. The hanger as claimed inclaim 4, wherein the flexible belt has a distal end portion folded backand stitched on an outer surface thereof such that the ring is pivotallymounted between the distal end portion and the outer surface of theflexible belt.
 6. The hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring ismovably sleeved onto the flexible belt and movable between the firstfastening member and the second fastening member of the fastener.
 7. Thehanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fastening member is amale disc of a snap fastener and the second fastening member is a femaledisc of the snap fastener.